Progressives Fought for Key Committee Spots, but Centrist New Dems Came Out on Top
The Congressional Progressive Caucus’s high-profile members were largely shut out of new assignments to three critical “money committees.”
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I Was Sexually Harassed on Bernie Sanders's 2016 Campaign. I Will Not Be Weaponized or Dismissed.
Accusations of sexual misconduct should not be weaponized to serve a political agenda. Nor should claims be ignored to protect a beloved candidate.
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What's The Matter With the Democratic Party? Just Watch Pelosi and Schumer Respond to Trump's Wall Speech.
The Democratic Party struggles to keep even in a rhetorical battle it should be winning by a landslide.
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There Is a Real Border Crisis. A Wall Would Only Make It Worse.
No “crisis of the heart” has ever been fixed with steel slats.
Revolving Door on Steroids: Lobbyist Jon Kyl, Who Served Four Months in the Senate, Won’t Disclose Some Clients
Jon Kyl returned to his lobbying firm Covington & Burling a week after ending his brief tenure as a U.S. senator from Arizona.
1.4 Million Floridians Get Their Voting Rights Back Today, Whether Republicans Like It or Not
Some Florida Republicans, including Gov.-elect Ron DeSantis, have sought to sow confusion about the validity of Amendment 4, which goes into effect Tuesday.
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Progressive Ideas Matter to Voters. So Why Do Democrats Fixate on the Identity of the Messenger?
Democrats' focus on personalities and demographics over a popular progressive policy agenda and an anti-establishment sentiment may bring defeat in 2020.
U.S. Senate's First Bill, in the Midst of the Shutdown, Is a Bipartisan Defense of the Israeli Government From Boycotts
Attacks on the free speech rights of Americans in the name of defending Israel seem to have no end in sight.
Tulsi Gabbard Is a Rising Progressive Star, Despite Her Support for Hindu Nationalists
As her national profile grows, Tulsi Gabbard has publicly cut ties with her right-wing Hindu supporters at least once, but still courts them in private.
Behind the Pay-Go Battle Is a Central Contradiction That Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Her Allies Will Need to Resolve
At the heart of the paradox is the House Democratic caucus’s resistance to political organizing, and Ocasio-Cortez’s grounding in it.